For Audi in their Audi S8 5. 2 FSI quattro, the V10 was a compromise between a V12 which would be too long and suffer more internal friction due to extra cylinders and values, and a V8 which would be more compact but have larger heavier pistons and produce lower revs.

* Audi V8

* Audi V8, a 1988 large luxury saloon / sedan

As a cheaper alternative to the existing ( but updated ) W12 engine, the new model can have a twin-turbo 4-litre V8 engine ( developed jointly with Audi ).

As of late 1988, the Audi V8 was available.

Succeeding the Audi V8, and now in its third generation, the A8 has been offered with both front-or permanent all-wheel drive — and in short-and long-wheelbase variants.

Unlike its predecessor, the Audi V8 model, which was built on an existing steel platform, the A8 debuted on the then-new Volkswagen Group D2 platform, an all aluminium monocoque, marketed as the ( ASF ), which helped to reduce weight and preserve structural rigidity.

It includes a V8 engine rated at with 6-speed transmission ( from previous A4 DTM car ), pneumatically operated using paddle shifters in the steering wheel, engine electronics ( Bosch MS 5. 1 ) and the central display from Audi R8 LMS, larger and wider tires from Hankook, 120-litre safety fuel tank inside carbon fiber cell, and a larger rear wing.

Two class leading vehicles ran low CO2 or green engines during the 2008 season-the GT1 Chevrolet Corvette C6. R with an E85 cellulosic ethanol powered 7. 0 litre V8 and the LMP1 Audi R10 TDI with a 5. 5 litre turbodiesel V12.

The 6. 0L W12 in the Audi A8L W12 ( only offered in the long wheelbase models ) is slightly smaller overall than the 4. 2L V8 that powers the Audi A8 4. 2 variants.

* Audi — 2. 8 litre V6 petrol engine ( 1991 – 98 ); 3. 6 and 4. 2 litre V8 engines, 1987 – present

Eventually, V6 and V8 engines were also included, and after the acquisition of Automobili Lamborghini S. p. A., Audi then began to build V10 engines.

* V8: built by Audi

* Audi R8 V8 8000 rpm ( rev limiter 8250 rpm )

Concerns have been raised regarding the steering feel and weight, though, as evidenced by Car and Driver placing the M5 last in a three-way competition against the Mercedes E63 AMG and Audi S6, both of which also have biturbo V8 engines.

The Audi V8 ( Typ 4C ) is a four-door, full-size, luxury sedan, built by Audi in Germany from 1988 to 1993, as the company's flagship model.

It was the first car from Audi to use a V8 engine and to combine a quattro system with an automatic transmission.

The competition model ( Audi V8 DTM ) won two titles for Audio while competing against vehicles smaller and up to lighter.

Standard features for the Audi V8 included a 32 valve, twin double overhead camshaft ( 2xDOHC ) V8 engine and a four-speed electronically controlled ZF 4HP24A automatic transmission providing Audi's quattro permanent four-wheel drive system.

August Horch ( 12 October 1868 – 3 February 1951 ) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant which would eventually become Audi.

He was an honorary citizen of Zwickau and had a street named for his Audi cars in both Zwickau and his birthplace Winningen.

During this transition, production was also moved from Düsseldorf to Ingolstadt where the successor company Audi still has its production.

This model was the direct forerunner of the first post-war Audi, the F103.

The main difference was that the Audi used a conventional four-stroke engine.

The company has always had a close relationship with, initially, the Volkswagen ( VW ) marque, and later, the Volkswagen Group ( which also owns Audi AG ), because the first Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche.

The two companies collaborated in 1969 to make the VW-Porsche 914 and 914-6, whereby the 914-6 had a Porsche engine, and the 914 had a Volkswagen engine, in 1976 with the Porsche 912E ( USA only ) and the Porsche 924, which used many Audi components, and was built at Audi's Neckarsulm factory.

At the time, Volkswagen lacked an internal research and design division, and Porsche was doing the bulk of the company's development work, per a deal that went back to the 1950s ; in keeping with this history, Porsche was contracted to develop a new sporting vehicle with the caveat that this vehicle must work with an existing VW / Audi I4 engine.

An Audi three-speed automatic was offered starting with the 1977. 5 model.

This was robust, but expensive due to some 915 internal parts, and was replaced for 1980 with a normal H-pattern Audi five-speed on all non-turbo cars.

Production was moved from the Audi plant in Neckarsulm ( where the 924 and 944 had been manufactured under contract to Porsche ), to Porsche's own factory in Zuffenhausen.

His body was recovered later that day in the trunk of a green Audi 100 on the rue Charles Péguy.

However Prost has also stated that he has no intention of racing at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race held annually near Le Mans, France due to concerns about the skill and experience of other drivers along the nature of the multiple class racing that occurs at Le Mans, a factor that was supported by Scotsman and two time LeMans winner Allan McNish's horror crash in the Audi R18 in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.

This car was sponsored by Beverly Porsche / Audi.

Thus the Audi Quattro was born.

The body was built on the basis of Simca 1307, while longitudinal engine placement and torsion-crank rear suspension and McPherson strut front suspension was inspired by Audi 80 / 100 family, while taking into account the larger size of the Moskvitch and Lada engines.

Its platform was developed by Porsche and is shared with the Volkswagen Touareg and the Audi Q7.

The road car engine aspect of the business was split from the racing division following the sale of the engineering division of Cosworth to VW / Audi in September 1998 and renamed Cosworth Technology, before being acquired by Mahle GmbH in 2005.

The advent of the AWD turbo Audi Quattro gave the rear-wheel-drive, normally aspirated 190E rally car no chance of being successful and the competition car was stillborn.

Major parts ( block, crankshaft, head assembly ) were initially purchased from Audi and shipped to the U. S. where final assembly was accomplished by AMC at a plant purchased specifically for production of this engine.

The automaker's first new design in eleven years, the car was also the brand's first new model under the ownership of German parent company Audi, which is owned by Volkswagen.

In 1996, Donkervoort's Ford engines were replaced by Audi engines.

Although the first-generation Audi A3 was replaced in Europe in 2003, the first generation model continued to be sold in some markets.

The wasserboxer engines were replaced with 5-cylinder Audi engines as well as the VW 4-cylinder engines.

It was replaced by the Audi A8 in 1994 but was not sold until the model year 1998.

The petrol-powered Audi R8 race car was replaced by the new Audi R10 TDI Diesel in 2006 ; however, the need to further develop the R10 meant that the R8 saw action in a few races leading up to Le Mans.

Indeed it was Alén who was responsible for the car's final victory, on the 1984 Tour de Corse, in a year in which Audi retook both of the title honours, before it was replaced by the four-wheel drive Lancia Delta S4 from the final round, in Great Britain, of the 1985 season.

He was to be replaced by Dr. Martin Winterkorn, who was head of the Audi division.